Stamp my Passport with a BADGE! Report Thread

[Susan]

Congratulations , Lilisa!

[Janice, Moderator]

Your passport has been stamped, Lilisa. You'll find it on your wall.

[Ariane]

Congratulations Lilisa!

[Lilisa]

Thanks Janice and all! :-) lovely badge!

[Cherie]

Congratulations, Lilisa!

[Jayme, Moderator]

I visited the 6 continents and had a wonderful time (see message 141 for the first 4 sites).

Site 5 - Yellowstone National Park (USA, North America)
book 1: 600 Hours of Edward
book 2: The Lodge on Holly Road
book 3: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Site 6 - Santiago de Compostela (Spain, Europe)
book 1: All That Followed
book 2: Walk in a Relaxed Manner: Life Lessons from the Camino
book 3: The Shell Collector

[Trudy]

Lilisa wrote: "Finished four sites!
North America - Mexico - Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
- Like Water for Chocolate..."

Lilisa, what interesting titles!

[Susan]

Way to go, Jayme!! I'm off to take a look for some of your titles. :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Jayme. :)

[Cherie]

Awesome, Jayme!

[Jayme, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Jayme. :)"

Thanks Janice and everyone for the kind thoughts. The badge is fabulous!

[Ariane]

Congratulations, Jayme!

[Susan]

Susan G's Travels of a Couch Potato
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Ta-Da!!!! Part III of this challenge is complete!!
(See message 65 for Part I and message 110 for Part II)

I have read a book from each remaining site:
Part III
NORTH AMERICA
Canada/Dinosaur Provincial Park -> 3. The Bone Labyrinth 6/22
Canada/Glacier Bay -> 3. The Final Cut 7/21
Canada/Red Bay Basque Whaling Station -> 1. Summer of Roses 7/31
United States of America/Yellowstone National Park -> 1. Black Ice 3/29
United States of America/Grand Canyon National Park -> 1. Remains of Innocence 6/27
United States of America/Hawaii Volcanoes National Park -> 1. Diamond Head 2/14
United States of America/Carlsbad Caverns National Park -> 1. Pie Town 1/31
Mexico & Caribbean/Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche -> 2. The Mayan Secrets 5/31
Mexico & Caribbean/Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila -> 1. Like Water for Chocolate 8/2
Mexico & Caribbean/Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve -> 3. The Butterfly's Daughter 8/3
Mexico & Caribbean/Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System -> 1. A Caribbean Mystery 8/8

SOUTH AMERICA:
Brazil/Iguaçu National Park -> 1. The Games 7/26
Brazil/Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea -> 3. Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe 6/26
Argentina/Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System -> 2. The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost: A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure 8/16
Argentina/Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas -> 3. The Beautiful Bureaucrat 5/4
Chile/Rapa Nui National Park -> 3. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender 6/19
Chile/Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works -> 3. The Silent Sister 4/7
Cuba/Old Havana and its Fortification System -> 2. King of Cuba 7/3
Peru/Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu -> 1. Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time 7/10
Peru/Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana -> 1. The Sunflower 8/14
Peru/Chan Chan Archaeological Zone -> 1. The Clue in the Crossword Cipher 6/27
Ecuador/Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System -> 2. Last Chance Llama Ranch 8/13

EUROPE:
France/Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche -> 1. Private Paris 7/29
Austria/Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg -> 3. The Cake Therapist 1/14
Belgium/Stoclet House -> 3. Uprooted 7/2
Denmark/Stevns Klint -> 1. The Danish Girl 8/10
Germany/Frontiers of the Roman Empire -> 1. Private Berlin 6/5
Greece/Archaeological Site of Olympia -> 3. Oh. My. Gods. 6/17
Iceland/Surtsey -> 1. Where the Shadows Lie 8/7
Italy/Venice and its Lagoon -> 3. The Dirty Secrets Club 4/5
Netherlands/Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout -> 2. Windmills of the Gods 8/9
Poland/Auschwitz Birkenau -> 3. The Name of God is Mercy 3/20
United Kingdom (Britain, North Ireland & Scotland)/Tower of London -> 1. Notes from a Small Island 5/25
United Kingdom (Britain, North Ireland & Scotland)/Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast -> 3. Among the Wicked 7/31
United Kingdom (Britain, North Ireland & Scotland)/New Lanark -> 1. 44 Scotland Street 6/29

AFRICA:
Botswana/Tsodilo -> 1. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 5/28
Democratic Republic of Congo/Okapi Wildlife Reserve -> 2. Stalking Ivory 8/11
Ethiopia/Konso Cultural Landscape -> 3. Orchid Blues by Stuart Woods 7/5
Gambia/Kunta Kinteh Island -> 3. Ivory 8/12
Kenya/Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley-> 2. Enchantment Lake: A Northwoods Mystery 3/3
Madagascar/Rainforests of the Atsinanana -> 3. Enchanted, Inc. 4/22
Nigeria/Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove -> 3. These Vicious Masks 7/18
Senegal/Island of Gorée -> 3. Brotherhood in Death 3/7
South Africa/Vredefort Dome -> 1. Recipes for Love and Murder 5/18
Egypt/Memphis and its Necropolis -> 3. The Clockwork Scarab 3/5
Morocco/Medina of Marrakesh -> 1. The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty 5/11

ASIA:
Afghanistan/Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley -> 1. The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan 7/6
China/Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang _> 2. Dragon Storm 7/10
China/The Great Wall -> 3. Lady Midnight 5/7
China/Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains -> 1. Mao's Last Dancer 7/12
India/Mountain Railways of India -> 1. Private India: City on Fire 4/10
Iran/Persepolis -> 2. Waterfall 7/13
Japan/Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) -> 2. I'll Be Seeing You 6/16
Japan/Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites -> 2. The Dressmaker's War 6/25
Mongolia/Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape -> 1. Treasure of Khan 6/8
Nepal/Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha-> 2. The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China 6/4
Thailand/Ban Chiang Archaeological Site -> 1. Killed at the Whim of a Hat 6/26

AUSTRALIA/SOUTH SEA ISLANDS:
Australia/Great Barrier Reef -> 2. Deep Fathom 6/13
Australia/Kakadu National Park -> 1. In a Sunburned Country 5/21
Australia/Lord Howe Island Group -> 2. Secret Sisters 2/18
Australia/Tasmanian Wilderness -> 3. Misfit 5/15
Australia/Shark Bay, Western Australia -> 1. Cold Beer and Crocodiles: A Bicycle Journey into Australia 4/18
Australia/Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park -> 2. Dreamkeepers: A Spirit-Journey into Aboriginal Australia 5/13
Australia/Sydney Opera House -> 3. Playing with Fire 2/13
New Zealand/Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand -> 3. Snowblind 5/29
Papua New Guinea/Kuk Early Agricultural Site -> 2. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers 2/24
Philippines/Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras -> 3. The Young Messiah (Movie tie-in) : A Novel by Anne Rice 3/23
Singapore/Singapore Botanical Gardens -> 3. Orchid Beach 6/12

Pardon me while I do a little happy dance over here. :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Wow! I wasn't sure I was going to get to award this badge to anyone! You've been badged, Susan. Good job. :)

[Susan]

Janice wrote: "Wow! I wasn't sure I was going to get to award this badge to anyone! You've been badged, Susan. Good job. :)"

Ooh, I love it! Thank you. And thank you for putting this challenge together, I thoroughly enjoyed exploring the world!

[Lilisa]

Tremendous reading, Susan - this is awfully impressive - great job, congrats!!!

[Lori Z]

Wow! Way to go, Susan, congratulations!!

[Ariane]

Wow, good job Susan, congratulations!

[Cherie]

Awesome, Susan! Congratulations!!! Once again, you have shown us the way!
(I was trying to figure out how to proceed to do the post too.)

[Susan]

Thanks, everyone! It was a great trip around the world.

[Peggy]

Yay! 4 done!

South America
Argentina, a. Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System
In a Sunburned Country
Perla
Half of a Yellow Sun

Europe
Ireland, b. Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
The Girl on the Cliff
The BFG
An Echo in the Bone

Africa
Kenya, a. Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
West with the Night
The Lake House
Death by Pink Flamingo

Australia (and South Asian islands)
Australia, c. Lord Howe Island Group
The Secret River
Moloka'i
A Redbird Christmas

[Cherie]

Congratulations, Peggy!!!

[Ariane]

Good job, Peggy!

[Peggy]

Thanks!!

[Susan]

Yay, Peggy! Way to go! :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Your passport has been stamped, Peggy. :)

[Sam]

And I have finally managed to visit four sites! :-D

North America - Mexico & Caribbean
c. Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
- Set in Mexico - El Sicario: Confessions of a Cartel Hit Man. Edited by Molly Molloy and Charles Bowden
- About migration (human, animal, insect) - Hell Gate
- Butterfly on the cover or in the title - Horns

Africa - South Africa:
a. Vredefort Dome
- Set in South Africa - The Five Greatest Warriors
- Post-apocalyptic genre - The Death of Grass
- Set in space - The Ghosts of Heaven

Asia - China
b. The Great Wall
- Set in China - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
- About an army. - 1066: What Fates Impose
- Chunkster that is more than 500 pages - Belgarath the Sorcerer (840 pages)

Australia - New Zealand
a. Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
- Set in New Zealand - Guardian of the Dead
- Fantasy genre - The War of the Jewels
- Snow/ice on the cover, or in the title - Polgara the Sorceress

[Cherie]

Yay, Sam! Congratulations!

[Sam]

Thanks Cherie :-)

[Susan]

Awesome, Sam! Good job!

[Sam]

Thanks Susan :-)

[Janice, Moderator]

Your passport has been stamped Sam. :)

[Sam]

Fabulous, heading over to check it out now :-)

[Sam F]

Updated Message 157

Visited all of the continents - so fun!

[Janice, Moderator]

You've been badged, Sam F. Are you going for the All Site Sweep?

[[deleted user]]

I've visited all 6 continents now, see message 136 for the first 4.

Africa, Mali, Timbuktu
- Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali
- Undone
- The Woman Who Died a Lot

Asia, India, Taj Mahal
- The Palace of Illusions
- Until You
- Orphan Train

And only 8 books left until I've visited all the sites :)

[Susan]

That's great, Sofia!!

[Susan]

Way to keep going, Sam! Good job!

[Sam]

Janice wrote: "You've been badged, Sam F. Are you going for the All Site Sweep?"

Thanks Janice. And what are the requirements for that, is it visiting all continents or something else (I get confused!)

And thanks Susan and great work Sofia!

[Janice, Moderator]

Sofia, your badge has been posted.

[Janice, Moderator]

Sam wrote: "Janice wrote: "You've been badged, Sam F. Are you going for the All Site Sweep?"

Thanks Janice. And what are the requirements for that, is it visiting all continents or something else (I get confu..."

It's at least one task in all continents.

[Sam]

Janice wrote: "Sam wrote: "Janice wrote: "You've been badged, Sam F. Are you going for the All Site Sweep?"

Thanks Janice. And what are the requirements for that, is it visiting all continents or something else ..."

Oooo I've done that too!
I've also noticed that there is recognition for doing one task for all sites...I might work on that next... :-D

[Sam F]

I'll try :) I have done one in each continent. We'll see how far I get for all sites!

[Janice, Moderator]

Sorry, confusing myself with Sam & Sam F. So just to clarify:

After the main challenge is completed, you can go for the All Continents Sweep - which is at least one site with all three tasks completed in each of the continents. (Sam F has completed this)

Then, you can go for at least one task in each site.

[Sam]

Janice wrote: "Sorry, confusing myself with Sam & Sam F. So just to clarify:

After the main challenge is completed, you can go for the All Continents Sweep - which is at least one site with all three tasks compl..."

Aha, I don't have the continents one (damn), do I have to have that before trying for one task for each site?

[Almeta]

Wow, I wasn't aware of the "All Continents Sweep"! I have been shooting for the "One Task Each Site" challenge.

Good question Sam...Does one have to be completed before going for the other?

I am 3 books away from "All Continents" and 10 books away from "Each Site" completions.

[Janice, Moderator]

@ Sam & Almeta

The only one you need first is the 4 sites/12 books, because that is the challenge.

Once you have completed the challenge, you may move on to the two bonuses - the all continents sweep and the all sites sweep. They may be finished in any order you wish.

[Sam]

Bonus! Thanks Janice :-)

[Roz]

I finally finished 4 sites : )

France:
1. All the Light We Cannot See
2. The Painted Girls
3. The Timekeeper's Son

Italy:
1. The Light in the Ruins
2. The Rossetti Letter
3. Inkheart

Spain:
1. The Shadow of the Wind
2. Away
3. The Shell Seekers

United Kingdom: Giant's Causeway & Causeway Coast
1. Minding Frankie
2. The BFG
3. A is for Alibi

[Cherie]

Congratulations, Roz!